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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GridGain vs. Rockset vs. STSdb vs. Transwarp StellarDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp StellarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA distributed graph DBMS built for enterprise-level graph applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#371  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.gridgain.comrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­stellardb
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.RocksetSTS Soft SCTranswarp
Initial release1997200720192011
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023GridGain 8.5.14.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST.NET Client APIOpenCypher
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenoyes

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